to world peace and let no one doubt this is a difficult and dangerous effort on which we have set out. neil: 60 years ago this very month, we were on the brink, the closest the world had ever come to nuclear war. thereby a few other decision it could have been. now we re facing potentially the same predicament, what president biden calls potential armageddon given some of the retaliatory efforts and provocative moves on the part of vladamir putin talking freely about using tactical nuclear weapons of saying nothing of what seems to be daily missile strikes out of north korea, a couple of which just went over japan this past week. we re not even getting into china s provocations of the south china sea and presidents in anything taiwan, and new york, taiwan, south korea and on and on. some are criticizing the president for even mentioning the armageddon word and his massage was to let the message was to let the world be on notice and nothing to do with happening events here
with the latest. trey. reporter: molly, good afternoon. a massive explosion early this morning destroyed the only bridge between russia and crimea. the blast and subsequent fire decimating the car and train sections of this bridge. spend large pieces of concrete plunging into the water below. three died after a truck exploded adding an official investigation is underway into the owner of that vehicle. investigative actions being carried out at his place of residence and everything is being studied. reporter: russia used this bridge as a main supply line to support the southern offensive in the region and destruction is viewed as significant intelligence in ukraine and the war rages on in the eastern part of the country and russian forces fired on the second largest city overnight and the missile strikes damaged one of the city s medical centers in a nonresidential building. blasts with the windows shaking and the city tonight remains on edge for the possibility of more